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BY DOMINICK POLLIOTHE OCEAN STAR

LAKEWOOD — The GarnetGulls traveled to face the sec-ond-seeded Lakewood Pinerslast Thursday in the secondround of the Shore Confer-ence Tournament [SCT].Point Beach was looking toavenge its regular-season lossto the Piners, 52-49, whichcame on 3-point shot at thebuzzer from Lakewood juniorTyreek Grayson.The Gulls had the final say,

as they topped Lakewood 67-63 behind Jesse Hill’s 27points. Hill, who will be play-ing for Florida Atlantic nextyear, passed 1,000 points forhis high school career with a3-pointer early in the fourthquarter.It was an extremely physi-

cal game from start to finishand the referees did theirbest to catch everything, butsome questionable calls andno-calls were met by thestrong opinion of the crowd.Point Beach coach Nick Cata-nia did not let the officiatingget the best of his team, rec-ognizing how difficult it canget.“They [the referees] did a

good job,” Catania said afterthe game. “It’s a tough envi-ronment and when us andLakewood play it’s physical,so that makes it tough to offi-ciate.”Players like Jimmy Panzini

picked up on how the refswere calling the game and ad-justed his play, saying,“They’re [Lakewood] a veryphysical team. The refsweren’t calling it early in thegame. I realized that so youhave to just play through itand do what you can.”

POINT BEACH BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK

Gulls fall short in ShoreConference Tournament

STEVE WEXLER THE OCEAN STAR

Six-foot-7 senior Jesse Hill [No. 24] was a commanding presenceunder the basket for Point Beach as the Gulls defeated Lakewoodlast Thursday. Hill passed 1,000 points in his career during the winlast Thursday.

Senior Jesse Hill hits1,000 points in win

over Lakewood


BRICK— The Point PleasantBorough High Schoolwrestling team made its wayto Brick Memorial to com-

pete in the District 23 Tour-nament this past Saturday.Panther senior Dan Nobbs

earned his third District 23 ti-tle, this time in the 126-poundweight class. Nobbs’ othertwo titles were both in the120-pound weight class in2012 and 2014.Nobbs entered the tourna-

ment with the top seed in hisweight class, making him theman to beat. He navigated

through the bracket well, de-feating his first opponentwith a pin in 27 seconds andhis second opponent with apin at the one-minute mark.In the final bout for hisweight class, Nobbs had atough opponent in Nick Wag-ner of Wall.Nobbs persevered and took

the victory by decision,

WRESTLING NOTEBOOK

Point Boro senior Nobbsis a back-to-back champ


Panther senior Dan Nobbs [above center, and right] earned his third District 23 title last Saturday in the126-pound weight class. His previous titles were in the 120-pound weight class his freshman and junioryears in 2012 and 2014.

Boro, Beachadvance eight toRegion 6 Tourney


RANDOLPH — It was an ex-citing Sunday night for hock-ey fans as Point Boro trav-eled to Randolph for the firstround of the New JerseyState Interscholastic AthleticAssociation [NJSIAA] tour-nament.

The 18-seeded Pantherstook the upset win over 15-seeded Roxbury in a 5-4overtime win at the AspenIce Arena.The Gaels of Roxbury

proved themselves formida-ble opponents on the ice, butthe Panthers skated strongthroughout the game toachieve the win.“The kids never quit,” said

Boro coach Alex DePalma.“They showed a lot of gritand pride and never gaveup.”Point Boro opened up the

game with a goal from cap-tain Owen Herrington on anassist from teammate RyanPatterson. After that, it wasall Roxbury.Cole Skelly and Nick

Zaragoza each netted a goalfor the Gaels, giving them a2-1 lead at the close of thefirst period.The second period was

quiet in terms of scoring, butthere was plenty of hockeybeing played as Point Borolooked to recapture a lead

POINT BORO 5 ICE HOCKEY ROXBURY 4 OT

Point Boro Panthers takeRoxbury in overtime thriller

Freshman Colorioscored winning goal

in overtime

COURTESY OF JEAN HERRINGTON

Tom Colorio [No. 17] provided Point Boro with the go-ahead goal in the first overtime period againstRoxbury Sunday night.

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SEE GULLS PAGE 30SEE BORO PAGE 27

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Lindsey Havens, seen here in white earlier this season, had 13 points, five rebounds and a steal againstRumson-Fair Haven. The Panthers will look to her to lead the team as they enter state tournament play.

POINT BOR0 GIRLS BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK

Point Boro upended by Rumson in SCT


RUMSON — In the secondround of the Shore Confer-

ence Tournament [SCT] lastThursday, the Panthers wereunable to beat the fourth-seeded Bulldogs of Rumson-Fair Haven. Rumson utilizedits home-court advantage,knocking Point Boro out ofthe tournament with a 91-49final score.“Rumson is a very strong

team, ranked in the top eightin the state,” Boro coachDavid Drew said about theloss. “They have a number ofDivision I athletes and exe-cuted effectively on offense.”The Bulldogs came out fir-

ing, scoring 32 points in thefirst quarter alone. The Pan-thers only managed 11 in thesame quarter.The story didn’t change

much before the half as PointBoro added 14 points to its to-tal while Rumson droppedanother 22 points. At the half,Rumson had a commanding54-25 point lead.Rumson continued its

dominance in the third quar-ter putting up 24 more pointsto the Panthers’ 10. The Bull-dogs entered the final quarterwith a comfortable 78-35 lead.Though Point Boro

outscored Rumson 14-13 in thefinal quarter, it was notenough to overcome the first-half deficit.Lindsey Havens led the

way for the Panthers with 13

points, five rebounds and asteal. Megan Hughes chippedin with nine points, six re-bounds, two assists, a blockand a steal.On Rumson’s side of the

court, Grace Stant finishedwith 17 points while team-mate Sydney Sabino droppedin 11.Rumson moved on to the

quarterfinal round at Brook-dale Community Collegewhere the team lost 55-48 tofifth-seeded MiddletownSouth.The Panthers went on to

face Toms River North at thePine Belt Arena yesterdayevening. The game occurredtoo late to be covered in thisissue of The Ocean Star.Check out next week’s issuefor full coverage.The Panthers look ahead to

the state tournament and willuse the game against TomsRiver North and the loss toRumson-Fair Haven as waysto improve on different as-pects of their game.Tomorrow, the Panthers

take on Ewing at home withtipoff set for 11 a.m.

Dominick Pollio covers sports for TheOcean Star. He can be reached at [email protected] or 732-899-7606 Ext 15. Follow him on Twitter@dompollio.

Panthers use loss toprepare for the state

tournament next week


POINT PLEASANT BEACH — It’ssafe to say it was a rough sea-son for the Point Beach girlsbasketball team. The Gullsonly recorded three wins andsat at the bottom of the BCentral division, just aboveHenry Hudson, who theybeat for two of their wins.Kristen Haycook, in her

first season as coach of theteam, is still proud of thegirls, especially their effort ina season rife with losses.“This season was definitely

new even to the seniors withbeing under a new coachingstaff,” said Haycook. “Westruggled from the start butthe girls learned our way ofcoaching and the expecta-tions we hold.”The Gulls endured seven

losses before they were ableto top Henry Hudson 43-28 athome.As the team moved further

into the second half of theseason, Haycook recognizedthe continuous effort all thegirls exerted.“The second half of our

season, they continued tocome back in the gym andpush themselves. They couldhave easily given up halfwaythrough the season, but theystarted coming together as ateam,” said Haycook.Haycook feels strongly that

the girls should be proud ofhow they handled the ardu-ous season and look to im-prove their game for the fu-ture.As much as the Gulls could

use their seniors again nextyear, it’s all about moving for-ward and continuing to growthe program at Point Beach.

Haycook looks forward tojunior players like ShannonLane, Meghan Stemple, andErinne Regan returning theirsenior year to be an evenmore competitive team in asystem they now understand.She also looks to the youngtalent like Cameron Barnes inthe hopes of developing heras a basketball player and notjust an athlete.“I’m hoping they build off

of this season so that nextseason they can compete andbeat teams we were closewith this past season,” ex-plained Haycook.In an effort to really help

her players out, Haycook istaking steps to improve thebasketball program. She islooking to incorporate opengyms through out the yearand keep the girls playingbasketball out of season.“I want to incorporate pre-

and postseason open gyms,and hopefully a summerleague,” Haycook said. “Iwant to do the little thingslike getting the girls on filmto help build the programback up.”While the season was

tough for coach and team,their determination staysparamount and will helpthem in the future seasons atPoint Beach.With one rough season out

of the way, the future is brightfor the young Garnet Gulls asthey continue flying towardtheir goals, no matter the ob-stacles that may get in theway.


POINT BEACH GIRLSBASKETBALL NOTEBOOK

One season downfor Beach’s Gulls

THE OCEAN STAR

Ocean County’s largestsenior softball league willhold tryouts for players age60 and up.The Berkeley Senior Soft-

ball League invites men to getin the game Saturday, April 11,at 11 a.m. at Whispering PinesPark in Holiday City, offRoute 37.The league plays slow-

pitch games on Tuesday andThursday mornings. There’sa separate division for OceanCounty men born in 1950 orearlier that plays on Fridaymornings.Pre-registration details are

available now at 732-300-9425.

Senior softball

players wanted

Unlike most of the starwrestlers that come out ofthe Point Boro wrestlingprogram, Peter Gencarellihas not been wrestlingsince he was in diapers.The senior wrestler start-

ed off in karate and, at thesuggestion of another par-ent, joined a wrestling club.He’s been wrestling eversince and was thrown rightonto the varsity team atBoro as a freshman.

According to Gencarelli,he enjoyed the challengeand believes he and team-mate Dan Nobbs did a goodjob representing the Pan-thers in their four years onthe team.Most recently, Gencarelli

made it through the District23 Tournament for the firsttime in his career.Gencarelli claimed third

place after squaring offagainst cross town rival

Zack Schaller in the 145-pound weight class andbeating him by decision inovertime.“It felt good. I got re-

demption from the Beachmatch,” said Gencarelli. “Itwas a big match for me be-cause I beat him at the be-ginning of the season andthen he beat me at theBeach/Boro match. It was abit of a tie breaker.”While a talented wrestler

on the mat, Gencarelli alsohas a smart head on hisshoulders.“He does everything

right,” said wrestling coachPat Brady. “A lot of peopledon’t understand what thissport is about, but Pete is aprime example of what it’sabout.”Brady is proud of how

Gencarelli has grown onand off the mat since com-ing in freshman year, saying,“Pete’s been great since themoment he stepped in the

room...the team is really go-ing to miss him when he’sdone competing.”Gencarelli is nothing

short of a bright young manand looks up to his parentsfor helping him becomethat way.“No matter what, I can al-

ways turn to them, andthat’s a big help,” said Gen-carelli.Gencarelli plans on at-

tending Rutgers University,where he will study sportsmedicine with the goal ofbecoming an athletic train-er.

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Gencarelli pushes through Districts“He does everythingright. A lot of people

don’t understandwhat this sport is

about, but Pete is aprime example ofwhat it’s about.”

PAT BRADYHead Wrestling Coach

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COURTESY OF WILLIAM ZIEGLER

Conor Murray of Manasquan takes a shot on goal against Wall on Wednesday. Murray is one of several young Warrior players who finishedthe season strong and will return next year for the Warriors.

CO-OP ICE HOCKEY NOTEBOOK

Beach-Squan endsseason on strong note

BY LEN BARDSLEYTHE OCEAN STAR

WALL — The Point Beach-Manasquan ice hockey teamclosed out its season with a 3-2victory over Ocean Townshipon Thursday.The co-op team finished up

its season winning three out oftheir last four games.Point Beach-Manasquan

finished the season with arecord of 6-15 playing in thehighly competitive A CentralDivision.The top two teams in the A

Central Division, St. JohnVianney and Red BankCatholic, played for the ShoreConference Tournament final.The Spartans took a 1-0 lead

on the Warriors, scoring mid-way through the first period.

Point Beach-Manasquantied the game with 3:38 left inthe first period on a goal byNick Ventura.They then took a 2-1 lead

into the third period off a lategoal by Cody Liguori.Liguori scored with only 51

seconds left in the second pe-riod off an assist from seniorteammates Brandon Hawesand Ernie Barbero.Conor Murray scored early

in the third period to push theWarriors’ lead to 3-1.Murray scored off a pass

from Ventura and Anthony Di-Palma 32 seconds into thethird period to give PointBeach-Manasquan a two-goaladvantage.The Spartans scored late in

the third period, but the War-riors held on for their sixthvictory.Blake Guerriero picked up

the win in goal for the War-riors, making 15 saves.The co-op team had only

two seniors on its roster inHawes and Barbero andplayed a roster in which themajority of its players werefreshmen and sophomores.The Warriors will return

only two seniors with exten-sive playing time in AnthonyDiPalma and Max Lyons.DiPalma is a junior forward,

while Lyons was the starringgoalie for the Warriors thisseason.The majority of the Point

Beach-Manasquan playersduring the season were under-classmen, including top scorerand sophomore forward CodyLiguori, and freshman de-fenseman Jim Dowd.The co-op team’s coach Jim

Dowd was proud of how histeam finished the season.“All things considered it is a

great group of kids who arevery resilient,” he said. “Thelast three or four weeks were astep in the right direction. Weplayed solid.”The coach looks foward to

working with his young teamnext season and seeing themcontinue to improve.“We got a lot of good play-

ers coming back next year,” hesaid.

Len Bardsley covers sports for StarNews Group. He can be reached [email protected] or 732-223-0076 Ext 29.

Co-op team closes outseason winning three ofits final four games

and the Gaels did their best toincrease theirs.With eight minutes left to

go in the second period,Zaragoza was at it again, thistime assisting Jack Hartmannas the Gaels added one moregoal to their total.“You can ask anyone, it

wasn’t our best two periods ofhockey this season,” DePalmasaid. Before entering the finalperiod, DePalma changed uppersonnel a bit and empha-sized being aggressive andgiving it all until the finalwhistle.Down 3-1, the Panthers

heeded their coaches’ adviceas Patterson started off a 3-0run for Point Boro, findingthe back of the net with 8:42left on the clock.Almost exactly three min-

utes later, Herrington andMatt Kimak assisted RyanCarr to even out the score atthree apiece.Four more minutes of in-

tense hockey ensued beforeHerrington stepped up andhit his second goal of thegame to give Point Boro aone-goal lead with less thantwo minutes left in regulation.Roxbury, in an attempt to

stay alive, pulled its goalie.The risk paid off as the Gaelsscored one last time to tie thegame.The tying goal was more a

fluke than an actual attempt-ed shot that just ended up inthe back of the net.“I couldn’t be upset,” De-

Palma said about the game-ty-ing goal. “They [Point Boro]didn’t give up a shot, it wasjust a blooper play in front ofthe net.”Regardless, 30 seconds lat-

er the third period ended andboth teams headed into over-time locked at four.Point Boro is no stranger to

winning games in overtimeand Sunday night was no dif-ferent. They picked up rightwhere they left off, being ag-gressive in Roxbury’s zone.Eventually, Thomas Col-

orio, a freshman at PointBoro, was able to put the puckbetween the Roxbury goalie’slegs and into the back of thenet for the winning goal inovertime in a dramatic first-round game for the Panthers.DePalma, extremely proud

of his team, tried to explainhow he felt after the game,saying, “It was an incrediblewin for the team and evenmore so for the seniors thatare trying to keep their lastseason going.”Point Boro then went on to

face two-seeded Ramsey lastnight in the second roundheld at the Ice Vault Arena inWayne. It will be a difficultgame for the Panthers, butDePalma has faith in his team,saying, “Ramsey is very deepwith a couple players playing

Division I hockey next year. Ifwe keep it together, though,and give a group effort likewe’ve been doing these lastfew games, we could givethem a surprise.”The game against Ramsey

occurred too late to be includ-ed in this issue of The OceanStar. Check back next weekfor full coverage.The Panthers also faced

Ramapo on the road lastThursday in their final gameof the regular season. PointBoro won by a score of 4-3 ina game where coach DePalmaplayed all his players and allthree goalies in an effort toget them ready for the statetournament.Their efforts have paid off

so far and if the Panthers up-set two-seeded Ramsey, theywill play again on March 2against either Cranford [7] orMadison [10].


Boro is working hard to stay in state tournamentBOROFROM PAGE 25

COURTESY OF JEAN HERRINGTON

Junior goalie Chris Belman was a force to be reckon with for Point Boro. He recorded 24 saves in theovertime win.


punching his ticket to thequarterfinal round of the Re-gion 6 Tournament heldtonight at the Pine Belt Arenain Toms River.“Dan Nobbs, this is thetime in the season when hereally shines,” said Borocoach Pat Brady. “He gets af-ter it. He’s worked hard allseason for this moment, thisis his time.”Nobbs has earned the two-seed and will face seventh-seeded Cole Corrigan ofToms River South. Corrigangave Nobbs one of his twolosses this season at The Col-lege of New Jersey PrideTournament, so it shouldshape up to be a great match.Though Nobbs was theonly Panther to claim a Dis-trict 23 title this year, PointBoro still advanced four oth-er wrestlers. Dominic Infanteplaced second in the 220-

pound weight class. Ben Sabo[106], Blake Dale [113] andPete Gencarelli [145] all hadthird-place finishes.Brandon Defeo [152] andGene Franceshini [182] ofPoint Boro wrestled well,making it to the third-placebout of their weight classes.Unfortunately, they both lostleaving them just short ofcompeting in the Region 6Tournament.The Panthers finishedfourth overall as a team be-hind Wall [third], BrickTownship [second] and BrickMemorial [first].“I think we wrestled tough.Of course there were somematches in there that wewanted to win that we didn’tcome out on top of,” Bradysaid. “But overall the guyscame to compete and theyshowed that by getting fivethrough to regions.”Sabo, Dale, Gencarelli andInfante all competedWednesday evening in the

opening round of the Region6 Tournament.Infante won his match bypin and will move on to com-pete tonight along withNobbs.Sabo, Dale and Gencarelliwere all eliminated with loss-es in their individual bouts.

POINT BEACH WRESTLINGPoint Pleasant Beach HighSchool also participated inthe District 23 Tournamentand has advanced threewrestlers to the Region 6Tournament.In the 132-pound weightclass, John Finnerty took sec-ond place after losing in thefinal match to top-seededLuke Vescovi of Brick Memo-rial.In another second placefinish for the Gulls, ForrestGardner [heavyweight], thesixth seed, lost in the finalround to top-seeded NickRivera, also of Brick Memori-al.

Roddy Rupp of PointBeach made his way to thethird place match for the 120-pound weight class. FacingDanny Welsh of Shore Re-gional, Rupp won by an 8-3decision, securing his placein the opening round of theRegion 6 Tournament.Will Jarvis [106], GiancarloCrivelli [138], Zack Schaller[145], Cory Gross [160] andJack Baker [170] competedstrong for the Gulls at thetournament Saturday as well.These wrestlers all competedin the third-place match for

their weight classes but felljust short of moving on.As a team, the Garnet Gullsfinished fifth, right behindPoint Boro.Finnerty, Gardner andRupp all competed Wednes-day evening in the openinground of the Region 6 Tour-nament.Unfortunately, all of themlost their individual bouts,ending their journey in re-gions.Despite losing, Beachcoach Jeff Bower emphasizedthat it is now time to focus on

the offseason, saying, “Theywrestled tough but now it’stime to bounce back in theoffseason. Get to a club,wrestle, lift and play foot-ball.”The Region 6 Tournamentwill continue tonight at 5 p.m.All matches will be held atthe Pine Belt Arena in TomsRiver.


Nobbs and Infante move on to Region 6 quarterfinalsNOBBSFROM PAGE 25

COURTESY OF ANDREW MILLS

Senior Peter Gencarelli [in black] earned his first trip to the Region 6 Tournament after defeating ZackSchaller of Point Beach in the third place match at the District 23 Tournament last Saturday.

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It’s an age-old questionthat gets asked year after yearin regards to the players look-ing to prove their worth onthe gridiron. Collegiate foot-ball players debate whetherparticipating in the combinein front of GM’s from all 32NFL teams will benefit theirdraft stock and, in turn, theircareer.This year the questions

were directed at FloridaState’s star quarterback,

Jameis Winston, who waitedas long as possible before de-ciding to participate in thecombine workout. Winston,projected to be the numberone overall draft pick for 2015in the majority of mockdrafts, debated whether ornot the combine would bene-fit him and his career in theNFL in the long run.After throwing exception-

ally well at the combine andimpressing in his interviews,Winston pretty much solidi-fied his already top spot inthe draft.So the question remains,

did participating in the com-bine help his draft stock?In this specific instance,

the answer is yes. Questionswere buzzing as to whetheror not Winston had the com-mitment and maturity levelto excel at the professionallevel and he has convincedmany skeptics that he isready for the NFL.What if he chose not to

participate? Obviously, it

would be hard to say whetheropting to not participatewould have lowered his draftstock because, in actuality,the only way it could havebeen hurt would be if he par-ticipated and performedpoorly.Back in 1998, a man by the

name of Peyton Manningelected to pass up on thecombine. He was still chosennumber one overall and isnow one of the top statisticalpassers in NFL history.I guess what I’m trying to

say is that the combine ismore of a luxury for thosestill undecided on who theywant to spend their draftpicks and money on.It’s also a chance for lesser-

known players to hopefullyshowcase their potential infront of more than one teamat one time.A prime example of this

lies in Chris Johnson, whoentered the 2008 NFL com-bine being scouted mostly forhis special team play and apossible role as a supplemen-tal running back. Combinedwith his performance as arunning back for East Caroli-

na University, he was project-ed to go in the second orthird round of the draft. Afterputting on an impressiveshowing with a 4.24 second40-yard dash, it boosted hisdraft stock and he was draft-ed 24th overall. Kudos toJohnson.And finally, at its core, the

NFL Combine is just a showof athleticism that doesn’t re-ally depict in-game scenarios.They don’t even wear fullgear at the combine. Players

come dressed in athleticshorts and Under Armourstyle shirts, which is definite-ly easier to perform in thanfull gear and pads.Don’t get me wrong, what

goes on at the combine is im-pressive — but I’m not surehow many fans actuallyblocked out time in their dayto voluntarily watch it.So I say rest easy, folks: it

really isn’t that big of a dealwhen it comes down to it.Plus, there is always collegepro day where NFL draft-eli-gible players get combinetested at their own school.Oh, and one last cool fact

that came out of this year’sNFL Combine: Connecticutcornerback Byron Jonesrecorded a 12-foot, three-inch

broad jump. You read thatcorrectly. From a standingposition, Jones leaped 12 feetand three inches.It is definitely a combine

record and the jury is still outas to whether or not it’s aworld record as the powersthat be delve throughOlympic records as far backas they can find.I don’t know in what situa-

tion Jones would need tojump over 12 feet from astanding position in a gamesituation, but it is an impres-sive feat nonetheless.


COURTESY OF ANGELA ALBARANO

4X400 RELAY TEAM BREAKS SCHOOL RECORDThe Point Boro track relay team, consisting of Michael Brown [from left], Evan McHugh, LouisAlbarano and Alex Stupar, broke a school record at the Groups 2 and 3 South Championships heldat the Bennet Indoor Sports Complex in the 4x400 with a time of 3:44.21.

OVERTIME BY DOMINICK POLLIO

Does the NFL Combine truly affect draft stock?

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What is the fastest growingsport in the nation?Boys lacrosse in Point

Pleasant Boro!With an objective to intro-

duce the game of lacrosseand its skills to the futureplayers of Point Boro highschool, Boro head coach GuyLassen is running a lacrosseclinic.The clinic is for both expe-

rienced and nonexperiencedplayers. The clinic will teachthe rules of the game andfundamentals necessary toplay this fast and dynamicsport.Scrimmages will also take

place as each player acquiresthe skills needed to compete.The clinic dates are Satur-

day April 11th 5:30-7 p.m.through June 20 and Sunday,April 12, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.though June 21.Contact Point Borohead

coach Lassen at [email protected] or at732-239-2851 for registrationforms and more information.

Boys lacrosseclinic slated

for spring

In the Feb. 13 issue of The Ocean Star,it was incorrectly stated thatMacarton McCabe competed for PointBoro in the 4x400 relay on Feb. 6 atthe Bennet Indoor Sports Complex inToms River.Evan McHugh was the individual whocompeted in the relay, along withMichael Brown, Louis Albarano andAlex Stupar.The Ocean Star regrets the error.

CorrectionTHE OCEAN STAR

U12[u13] Point Pleasantgirls travel soccer team, theAloha Warriors, will be open-ing up their practices to any-one who would like to tryout. The Warriors play in Jersey

Area Girls Soccer, profession-al training, tournaments andsummer select.Contact Kristi for more

info at [email protected].

AlohaWarriors

tryouts set

PRAYER TO ST. JUDE

O Holy St. Jude, Apostle and Martyr,great in virtue and rich in miracles,near Kinsman of Jesus Christ, faith-ful intercessor of all who invoke yourspecial patronage in time of need, toyou I have recourse from the depth ofmy heart and humbly beg to whomGod has given such great power tocome to my assistance. Help me inmy present and urgent petition. Inreturn, I promise to make your nameknown and cause you to be invoked. Say three Our Fathers, three HailMarys and Glorias. Publication mustbe promised. St. Jude pray for us allwho invoke your aid. Amen. ThisNovena has never been known to fail.This Novena must be said for 9 con-secutive days. KM

ST. JUDENOVENA

May the Sacred Heart of Jesus beadored, glorified, loved and pre-served throughout the world, nowand forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus,pray for us. St. Jude, worker of mira-cles, pray for us. St. Jude, help of thehopeless, pray for us. Say this prayer9 times a day. Say it for 9 days. Bythe eighth day, your prayer will beanswered. It has never been known tofail. Publication must be promised.Thank you, St. Jude. JB

MY NOVENA ROSEPRAYER

OLittle Therese of the ChildJesus, please pick for me a rose

from heavenly gardens and send it tome as a message of love.

OLittle Flower of Jesus, ask Godtoday to grant the favors I now

place with confidence in your hands...(mention specific requests)

St. Therese, help me to alwaysbelieve as you did, in God’s great

love for me, so that I might imitateyour “Little Way” each day.Amen JMM


Officiating aside, the gameitself was intense from thestart. Both teams came readyto play scoring 13 pointsapiece in the first quarter ofplay. Hill stepped into the

role of the big man under thebasket and had importantblocks throughout the game.He had two blocks in the firstquarter and then went on theoffensive, draining a three inthe final seconds of the firstto tie the game.

The pace stayed fastthrough the second quarteras the Gulls slowly workedon establishing a lead. With1:40 left on the clock, MikeRice of Point Beach put up adeep 3-point shot thatbounced off the rim and intothe hands of Hill. Enduring ahard foul, he went up strongunder the basket and laid itin, increasing the Gull lead totwelve. Hill was unable tocomplete the three-point playat the foul line and the Pinerswent to work on closing thegap.With a few seconds left be-

fore the half, Piner VictorFigueroa came down with arebound that he put up offthe glass for two more to fin-ish the first half with a 6-0Lakewood run. Point Beachentered halftime with a 30-24lead.Starting off the third quar-

ter with a nothing-but-netthree-pointer from Hill, thePiners were hard pressed tofind a way to overcome theGarnet Gulls’ dominatingplay. The Gulls had it figuredout with Panzini flashing anddribbling through the lanesand opening up space forshooters like Mike Frauen-heim and Rice.

The Gulls put up 17 morein the third while the Pinersadded 14 to their total.The fourth quarter fol-

lowed the theme of the restof the game as Lakewoodsurged toward closing thePoint Beach lead. Seven dif-ferent Piners scored in the fi-nal quarter, led by 10 pointsfrom senior Ryan Lawrence.Lakewood scored 25 points

in the final quarter, but itcould not beat out the Beachlead as they dropped 20 be-fore the final whistle. Hill hada few more crucial blocks un-der the basket and Rice hitshots from the charity stripewhen they mattered most.The team effort culminatedin the upset win, thoughsome feel it was not thatmuch of an upset any way.“Seeding a tournament is

real difficult,” explainedCatania. “We have more tal-ent than a 15-seed but maybeour body of work put us inthat area. We’re here to provesomething.”Fighting through the offici-

ating, Lakewood did theirbest to bump Hill out of hisrhythm as Ryzon Barnes cov-ered the 6-foot-7 forward astight as he could. It was notenough to rile up the senioras Hill led the game with 27points.“I don’t get into that, I just

kind of laugh because I know

that I’m a good player,” statedHill after the win. “They justtry to do that to throw me offbecause they can’t guard me.They try to get me mad but Ijust laugh it off and play mygame.”In addition to Hill’s 27

points, Rice added 10 whilePanzini and Frauenheimdropped nine apiece.

POINT BEACH VS. NEPTUNEPoint Beach then went on

to face 10-seeded Neptune inthe quarterfinal round of theSCT on Sunday at BrookdaleCommunity College. TheScarlet Fliers of Neptune de-feated the defending SCTchamps by a score of 52-35.The first quarter was the

closest of the entire game asthe Garnet Gulls found them-selves down 10-7. Only Panzi-ni and Frauenheim scored forPoint Beach while Hill aidedwith two blocks under thebasket.In the second quarter Nep-

tune increased their lead be-hind three-pointers fromthree separate players. ForPoint Beach, Rice hit his firstpoints of the game off of athree and Hill contributed hisfirst points with two shotsmade from the foul line. Athalftime the Gulls were trail-ing by seven, a lead they nev-er overcame.

Both teams put up eightpoints in the third quartermaking the score 33-26 forthe final quarter.Neptune turned up their

offense in the fourth, scoring19 points to the Gulls’ nine,claiming the victory andmoving on to the next roundof the tournament.In an impressive feat, the

Scarlet Fliers held Hill to 11points and didn’t give himany time to get comfortableshooting from beyond thearc. Panzini added 10 pointsand Frauenheim added nine.Leading the way for Nep-

tune was sophomore guardBarry Brown who finishedwith 13 points. TeammatesKerry Kirkwood and MicahKerr finished with 12 and 11points, respectively.With the chances of being

back-to-back SCT champsbehind them, the GarnetGulls look ahead to the NewJersey State InterscholasticAthletic Association [NJSI-AA] state tournament wherethey have received the third-seed. Point Beach will take onHenry Hudson at home onTuesday, March 3. Tipoff isset for 6:30 p.m.


If you want to take a ridethis weekend the GreaterPhiladelphia Outdoor SportShow is taking place at theConvention Center in Oaks,Pennsylvania.Show director Tod Alberto

says “Come learn about, see,touch and buy anything relat-ed to outdoor sports. Expandyour show options to morethan just hunting andfirearms to everything out-door sports related. It's aneasy drive from New Jersey.Meet and buy fromexhibitors representing alloutdoor activities including:The Sportfishing Supershow,fishing tackle manufacturers& retailers, guides & fishinglodges, marine electronics,kayaks on the demo pondand fly fishing on the castingpond. Everyone will enjoyfeatures like the HawgTrough Tank, a 5,000 gallonfishing tank, trout fishingpond, archery range, airsoftand paintball ranges, fish-ing/hunting/camping semi-nars, live animals and somuch more.”Show hours are today: 12 to

8 p.m., Friday: 12 to 8 p.m.,Saturday: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.,and Sunday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Show admission, adults:$12;children ages five to 11,$3.00; under five years free.For more info go towww.sportshows.com.Bob over at Fishermen’s

Den in Belmar reports “Higuys it’s been a long winterwith not much fishing goingon. Boats for the most partremain at the dock. Weremain open on a limitedbasis at this time but hopethat will change when March

arrives and maybe somewarmer weather. Winterflounder season opensMarch 1st as does the striperseason, both are somethingto look forward too. We willhave some rental boats in thewater for the flounder fisher-men. The new striper regula-tions should be in place byMarch but we still have manyfishermen not happy withthe option chosen. Most saythey will do nothing to pro-tect the larger breeding fish, Ihave to agree. We all willhave to work with what weare given and hope for thebest. Keep warm and safetalk to you soon.”Captain Howard Bogan of

the Big Jamaica out of Briellereports “The Jamaica isscheduled to sail on specialcod, pollock, and ling tripsevery Saturday sailing at 1a.m. For further informationcall 732-528-5014 or go towww.bigjamaica.com.”Captain Joe of the Jamaica

II out of Brielle reports“Winter schedule is 12 hourwreck trips- 5 a.m. to 5 p.m.Wednesdays, Saturdays, and

Sunday. Whiting everyFriday at 6 a.m.”Announcements of

Interest: February 26 toMarch 1, the GreaterPhiladelphia Outdoor SportShow at the ConventionCenter in Oaks,Pennsylvania. Visitwww. spo r t s hows . com .March 1st, the 20th AnnualBerkeley Striper ClubFisherman's Flea Market, atToms River IntermediateSchool North, 150Intermediate North Way,Toms River. Admission is $4,children under 10 free. From9 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 5 to 8,World Fishing and OutdoorExpo, Rockland CommunityCollege, Suffern, New Yorkwww. spo r t s hows . com .March 8, The 23rd AnnualAsbury Park Fishing Club'sIndoor Fishing Flea Market,Convention Hall, Ocean andSunset Avenues in AsburyPark, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Jim Freda covers fishing for Star NewsGroup. He can be emailed at [email protected].

FISHING TIPS BY JIM FREDA

Philly Outdoor Sports Show startsTIP OF THE WEEKFROM JIM FREDA

For the best buys at the

Berkely Fishing Flea Market

and Asbury Park Fishing

Flea Market, plan now to

get there early and wait in

line. Many anglers will be

there waiting at first light.

Gulls turn to state tournamentGULLSFROM PAGE 25


Jimmy Panzini [No. 1] helped the Gulls top Lakewood, creatingshooting and passing lanes for himself and his teammates. Panzinifinished with 9 points in the win.

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